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The witch shrieks triu note of wickedness and victory I cover an covers his too My eyes scrunch shut, but I quickly force theoes stiff, arentle, tender sh her And she explodes Scraps fly everywhere - flesh, bone, guts, blood Logan and the kids at the front are splattered by the spray They squeal with disgust and terror A chunk of bone hits Logan hard in the face and he drops, grunting with pain

I coverhi Everybody is But I can still hear Mrs Egin&039;s screah she can&039;t beany noise now

For an uncountable nu with ours Then it stops All the screa stops in the space of a second or two Eerie, unnatural silence

I don&039;t want to taketoo, althoughaway fro of her re the grass, Logan and many of the children And at the centre of the circle - a panel of greyness

The large grey patch of light hangs round It&039;s three or four feet wide, es

I&039; at it, gasping, , "What the hell is that?" This is a different type of light fro his head Stares in disbelief at the gory ht He&039;s an educated, experiencedlike this before

"She exploded!" a boy yells, excited "Did you see her? It was a

"What&039;s that light?"

"Yeah, what is it?"

"Yeah"

Logan walks round the panel of light I can only see his feet when he&039;s behind it Then he comes back into view He&039;s more bewildered than afraid, like ht has ! Perhaps they&039;re in shock, not ready to deal with the explosion - and her death - yet

"We have to get away from here"

I hadn&039;t meant to speak, but now that the words have popped out, I know I&039;awps at erous We have to run"

"It&039;s OK, Kernel," Logan says "This iswondrous I&039; on, but this is a once in a lifetiin this light it&039;s incredible!" He beaet to their feet and drift towards Logan and the panel of grey light They&039;re not afraid now that Logan isn&039;t They trust hi!" I yell "It&039;s evil! Can&039;t you feel it?"

"You shouldn&039;t be so suspicious, Kernel," Logan laughs uneasily

"You&039;re covered in blood!" I roar angrily, unable to believe that soin&039;s dead! You&039;re walking through her guts!"

Logan blinks Looks down at his blood-soaked shirt and trousers His red hands Thebursts out of the grey light It has two long legs, a stuers A dark green head, a cross between a hu ears Wide, white, evil eyes

The thing grabs Logan It soan stares at it in shock Two of its hands lock on his head The others clasp his shoulders The hairs on its fingers extend, growing at an unnatural speed, digging into the flesh of Logan&039;s face One hair darts into his right eye, puncturing it Logan shrieks with pain

Then the thing&039;s upper aran&039;s head off his neck! The ht foot And Logan&039;s severed head pops like alooks at the rest of us Spreads its arms and hisses And thirty-four kids scream as one and crap their pants